Event Name: MS8
Event Code : ACS-BNØØ5-8
Trade Name: InVigor™ Canola
Crop: Brassica napus - Argentine Canola, Canola, Oilseed rape, Rapeseed, Turnip
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Developer:
Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
s
:
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance
,
Male sterility
Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)
Herbicide Tolerance
+
Pollination control system
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
bar | Streptomyces hygroscopicus | phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme | eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation |
barnase | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens | barnase ribonuclease (RNAse) enzyme | causes male sterility by interfering with RNA production in the tapetum cells of the anther |
Summary of Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval
Country | Food direct use or processing |
Feed direct use or processing |
Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use |
Australia | |||
Canada | |||
European Union | |||
Japan | |||
New Zealand | |||
Philippines | |||
South Korea | |||
Taiwan | |||
United States |
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Last updated: May 23, 2019
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- European Food Safety Authority
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- Health Canada
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Phil DA Consolidated Report on MS8
- Status of Application for Direct Use-Philippines
- Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013